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>> looks like one massive smoke and flames. you can see it working its way up the hill. >> get clear! >> major: hundreds of firefighters are battling the blazing fires while residents face destruction and loss. >> there is nothing to look at. it's the foundation. that's all that's left. >> major: the "cbs evening news" starts now. ♪ ♪ i'm major garrett in for norah o'donnell. california's largest wildfire of the year is 0% contained and tearing across the northern part of the state at a ferocious speed, driven by unpredictable winds. at this time on wednesday, the park fire had burned about two square miles. 48 hours later, it has exploded, burning more than 250 square miles. that's five times the size of san francisco. thousands of people have been forced to evacuate as the flames allegedly sparked by an arsonist, ripped through homes, buildings, and cars be at fires are burning across the west and into canada, where a

monster wildfire there has destroyed about a third of the structures in the resort town of jasper. we have reports from across the region, and cbs's jonathan vigliotti will start us off from northern california. >> reporter: tonight, crews are struggling to contain this massive fire. we are talking flames several hundred feet high. extreme wind is in the forecast through this evening. the concern now being these flames will be pushed out of the woods and into neighborhoods. california's largest wildfire explodes. the park fire, now so big, it's clearly seen on satellite. over 175,000 acres burned. authorities now zeroing in on this car, which the d.a. says was set on fire and pushed into a gully. the suspected driver, 42-year-old ronnie stout, now faces a charge of arson. the fire has already destroyed well over 100 structures, and forced thousands to flee.

this fire now dangerously close to the town of paradise, destroyed nearly six years ago. 85 people were killed. the extreme wildfire danger now stretching into canada my colleague, carter evans, is near the hard-hit town of jasper, alberta. >> reporter: this is alberta's premiere right here. she is head of the provincial government. outside of jasper, the fire command post for a first-hand look. >> reporter: parts of the town are apocalyptic. or about a third of the buildings here were damaged or destroyed, more than 25,000 tourists and residents evacuated ahead of the flames, including john clark. happened to your home? >> it's gone. completely. yeah, it's gone. there is nothing to look at, it's a foundation. that's all that's left. >> reporter: but he plans to rebuild. jasper national park is considered a crown jewel for canada, much like yosemite or

yellowstone. >> together, we'll get through this, and we'll build back. and no matter what comes, we are not going to lose the enduring magic of jasper. >> reporter: fortunately, the weather right now is cooperating. it's been in the 40s overnight, and it's been raining, and park officials say that's pretty much extinguished the flames in the town of jasper, but the wildfire is still burning in the surrounding forest. it's about the size of detroit, and that means residents might not be allowed home for weeks. major? >> major: so much building back to do. carter evans, thank you p or now to election 2024, where vice president kamala harris received a big boost with an endorsement from a former president and first lady, and all the republican side, as cbs's robert costa reports, vice presidential nominee j.d. vance is standing by comments he made about "childless cat ladies." >> hey there. >> hi! you are both together. >> reporter: vice president kamala harris is enormous week culminated with a strong

personal endorsement from barack and michelle obama appeared >> we called to save michelle and i couldn't be prouder to endorse you and to do everything we can to get you through this election and into the oval office. >> reporter: with democrats uniting behind her, harris is now turning to picking a running mate, with some of the more than a dozen contenders getting informal tryouts on the stump, including pennsylvania governor josh shapiro. >> the vice president now has a deeply personal decision to make. one that she is obvious look quite familiar with because she went through it with then-candidate biden. >> we have always had... >> reporter: as former president trump met with israeli by minister benjamin netanyahu today in florida. his vice presidential nominee was under fire for past comments criticizing the prominence of childless people in politics. >> we are effectively run come in this country, via the democrats, via our corporate oligarchs, by a bunch of childless cat ladies. >> reporter: and a radio interview today, vance stood by those remarks appeared >> obviously it was a sarcastic comment be a guy got nothing

against cats, got nothing against dogs. people are focusing so much on the sarcasm and not on the substance of what i actually said, and the substance of what i said, megan, sorry, it's true. >> reporter: vance has included vice president, harris in his critique >> kamala harris, pete buttigieg, the entire future of the democrats controlled by people without children. >> reporter: we asked rotors. >> good luck getting any buddy else. >> he's going to lose quickly just by saying that. >> reporter: harris' family has also weighed in. she has two stepchildren, cole and ella emhoff, who referred to harris momala. second gentleman doug emhoff's former wife responded to advance, saying harris has been a coparent with doug and i, and always present. actress jennifer aniston, who has spoken publicly about her own fertility issues, wrote, "i truly can't believe this is

coming from a potential vp of the united states." some republican sources tell me they are worried that more controversial past statements by vance will emerge. meanwhile, former president trump says he will soon return to butler county, pennsylvania, the sight of where he survived an assassination attempt earlier this month appeared major? >> major: robert costa, thank you very much peered vice president harris spoke to the family of sonya massey today as we learn more about massey's death. a coroner confirms the supreme filled illinois woman died from a single gunshot wound to the hy responding to her 911 call aboua possible prowler. roxana saberi has more on what cbs news has learned about the former deputies troubled past. and a warning, some of the video is very hard to watch. >> reporter: the autopsy reveals the bullet hit sonya massey under her left eye, then exited from the back of her neck. [knocking] after sangamon county sheriff's jeopardy sean grayson at his

partner responded to her 911 call. >> you called us. >> reporter: body camera video reveals the moment grayson shot the mother of two in the face after asking her to check the stove. >> i rebuke you in the name of. >> i'm sorry, [bleep] your face. drop the pot. drop it! [gunshots] massey's autopsy report list gabapentin, and thc, and active ingredient in cannabis. ben crump is an attorney for the family. >> medication. >> reporter: this comes as cbs news has learned more details about grayson, who worked for six different enforcement agencies in four years. >> the sheriff and i will not tolerate lying. inception. >> reporter: obtained by cbs new grayson was reprimanded in november 2022 for writing false

information in his police reports. >> seven months on, how are you still employed by us? >> i don't know. >> reporter: state records show grayson resigned in april 2023 and was hired by sangamon county three days la later. defense officials tell cbs news that in 2016, grayson was discharged for misconduct from the army after he was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, one of two dui charges on his record. >> why did he even have a job as a sheriff's deputy? after those red flags? >> reporter: grayson was fired from the sheriff's office and has pleaded not guilty to the murder charges. when reached by cbs news today, his attorney declined to comment. rallies are planned here in chicago and across the country over the next few days, calling for justice for massey and other black americans killed by police. major? >> major: with important new details, roxana saberi, thank you p or tonight, two of

the world's most powerful drug lords are in u.s. custody, including the son of former kingpin joaquin "el chapo" guzman. both charged with flooding the united states with drugs like fentanyl and cocaine. cbs's manuel bojorquez reports the federal agents used trickery and deception to make the ar arrest. >> reporter: this photo obtained by cbs news shows 76-year-old ishmael and mayo" zambada, a leader of the sinaloa cartel, just before he was duped and branded by law enforcement after a month-long operation to capture him. cbs news has learned zambada thought he was flying to see property in northern mexico thursday but was instead flown to a small airport outside el paso, texas, and probably arrested. he was lured to come according to multiple sources, by someone close to him. joachim guzman, a top guard cartel official, and son of the notorious drug kingpin known as el chapo. an act of betrayal.

the reason he cooperated, not immediate lead disclosed. >> the justice department will not rest until every single cartel leader, member, and associate responsible for poisoning our communities is held accountable. >> reporter: the men are accused of running one of those powerful and ruthless criminal organizations in the world. the dea says the sinaloa cartel generates billions each year and is the largest supplier of synthetic drugs like fentanyl into the u.s. it's helped fuel an overdose epidemic nearly 75,000 americans die from synthetic opioids last year. guzman is excited to face a judge in chicago next week. zambada pleaded not guilty, i should say, today in el paso. he's been quoted in the past as saying that should he be captured, their plans for the cartel to continue, so drugs likely will still flow to the north as long as there is a market for them. major? >> major: as long as there is

a market. manuel bojorquez, thank you p or the paris or lubec's are now underway with the opening ceremony taking place today and very heavy rain and it came with a dramatic finale. celine dion singing from the deck of the eiffel tower. her first performance since she announced she had stiff-person syndrome in 2022. jamie yuccas reports, the day began with coordinated acts of sabotage on france's high-speed rail network. >> reporter: olympians from around the world sailed into the summer games today. lebron james and coco gauff, the american flag bearers, despite the pouring rain. hours before the ceremony, frantz's train network was hit by several corded arson attacks causing widespread disruption. officials say fires were set at critical spots in an attempt to cut off routes into paris. one attempt was ported by local agents. >> we are facing people who do not have to travel today to postpone their travel.

spew to nearly 800,000 people are expected to be impacted this weekend. u.k.'s prime minister forced to change plans for travel to the olympics. others were delayed a few hours. >> my ozone train was canceled because of the vandalism. >> reporter: security was tight for those able to make it to the ceremony. snipers and fences. >> i felt totally safe. they seem on top of it. doesn't seem, you know, like too much. it seems like this is what they've got to do. >> reporter: l.a. mayor karen bass attended the ceremony along with first lady jill biden. as the next host city of 2028, bass says being here is a great learning tool tool. >> learning every thing i can and having this experience will help set the basis for us to prepare for 2028. >> reporter: now it is onto the game spirits and owned by bill attempt to have a sixth move named after her on the uneven bars, while swimmer

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>> major: presidential candidate robert f. kennedy jr. is running as an independent. he has at times prone to indulging fringe beliefs on things like vaccine safety and what happened on 9/11. we sat down with him this week in nashville and started by exiting about president biden's reluctance to cede power after more than 50 years in office. >> i think he towered that, that reputation and that career. over the past year, by refusing to let go of power. >> major: kennedy equated president biden's hesitancy to then-prsident trump's exit from office when he refused to accept their election results. >> i don't think that president trump did that graciously, and i don't think president biden did, either. >> major: earlier this month, kennedy met with trump at the g.o.p. republican national convention in august, made a proposal to the former

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>> major: finally, tonight, cbs's steve hartman goes "on the road" for a story about the power of music, one note at a time. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: it's was the wow that wowed the world appeared as we first reported in 2019, the handel and haydn society was performing at boston's symphony hall when at the end of this one particularly beautiful piece, someone in the audience something very unusual. listen. did you hear that? someone yelled "wow," and it resonated. not just in this hall, but throughout the classical music community. it was just such a departure from typical audience protocol. which is why the president of the handel and haydn society was absolutely thrilled. >> i was like, that's fantastic! >> reporter: this is david sneed. >> and there is a sense of

wonder in that wow. you could hear it on the tape, this was amazing. >> wow! >> reporter: david was so smitten by the outburst, as was the audience, that he decided to try to find the voice responsible. this remind me a little bit of cinderella. you are try to find somebody who was at the ball. >> sent an email back then. >> reporter: you wrote to everybody in the audience. because everybody in the audience. >> reporter: and eventually that email found its way to concertgoer stephen mattin. >> we did reach out. >> reporter: stephen was there with his grandson, ronan, who was nine at the time. ronan is the one who shouted wow! which surprised stephen more than anyone. >> because he just doesn't do that. usually he is in a world by himself. >> what do you see? >> reporter: ronan is on to stick and considered nonverbal, but clearly music may be a warm hole into his heart and mind. ♪ ♪

since we first told this story, ronan's family has built a relationship with the orchestra, attending multiple concerts and private performances. there is also a new children's book out titled, "the boy who said wow." it tells the tale of the two quiet kid born to a noisy world, who doesn't speak much, but whee does, it's a real wow moment. steve hartman, "on the road," in boston. >> major: say it with me. and that is tonight's "cbs evening news." for norah o'donnell combined major garrett. >> announcer: an accounting firm... >> judge judy: they did work for you. >> yes. >> judge judy: did you pay them? >> yes. >> announcer: ...that couldn't keep their own books straight? >> i don't believe that's correct. who did you write the check to? >> to you. >> judge judy: they say there's an unpaid bill of $2,288. >> i understand. that's what they say. if anything, they were negligent and nonresponsible to me as a client.

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